Derric Haynie and Alejandro Lococo engaged in a pre-flop raising war that ended with both players having their stacks in the middle.
Alejandro Lococo: Q♦Q♠
Derric Haynie: A♦A♣
Lococo had picked up queens in the small blind, but Haynie showed down a pair of aces in middle position. The board ran out 7♠K♦K♥5♦J♣ and Haynie secured the big pot.
The stacks were counted down and Haynie had Lococo's remaining 3,500,000 barely covered, sending the newly-crowned WSOP bracelet winner to the rail.
[Removed:554] raised to 160,000 in the cutoff and Alex Foxen called on the button. Joni Jouhkimainen three-bet to 875,000 out of the big blind and [Removed:555] four-bet ripped all in for 2,760,000. Foxen quickly folded but Jouhkimainen called after getting a count.
[Removed:554]: A♦K♦
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♥Q♠
[Removed:555] was in a dominating position but the flop of A♠Q♣5♦ gave Jouhkimainen two pair to take a commanding lead. The Q♥ on the turn improved the Finn to a full house and [Removed:555] was eliminated on the 5♠ river.
Daniel Neilson opened to 160,000 from under the gun and was called by Harvey Jackson on the button and Sosia Jiang in the small blind. Jorge Pacheco three-bet shoved all in for 1,625,000 from the big blind which got Neilson to fold. Jackson used three time banks and then called which led to Jiang folding.
Jorge Pacheco: A♠K♥
Harvey Jackson: J♥10♥
Jackson was feeling optimistic but the flop of K♦J♣2♠ gave Pacheco the larger of the two pairs. The 9♠ on the turn gave Jackson a straight draw but the 7♣ on the river ensured Pacheco of a double up.
In the 869th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas. Mike Holtz is out with a broken ankle, so Nikki Limo was kind enough to once again fill in as a special co-host.
Together, they discuss happening at the WSOP Paradise, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. That includes Phil Hellmuth making an appearance, the new stage at WSOP, and the Triton Million, which was won by Argentinean rapper Alejandro Lococo for $12 million.
Chad also had the honor of bringing the Women in Poker Hall of Fame trophy down with him to present to Kristen Foxen. In this episode, you can check out her acceptance speech, which PokerNews helped film. Speaking of the WiPHoF, Jeanne David was another inductee and she had a spot of luck drawing a Golden Passport into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, which kicks off today!
At the EPT Prague, Thomas Santerne has already won two side event titles, while the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ, Espen Jorstad, took down the €25K Super High Roller Warm-Up for his first EPT title.
Oh, and we'll also let you know what Phil Ivey is up to as he's been seen double dipping at both the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship, including a planned holiday meet-up game (MUG) at the latter.
Three players were all-in before the flop, with Santhosh Suvarna at risk for about 700,000 from the hijack, Paulius Vaitiekunas at risk for 3,090,000 in the small blind and David Peters was looking for the double knockout from the button.
Santhosh Suvarna: 8♥8♠
Paulius Vaitiekunas: K♦K♠
David Peters: Q♣Q♥
The 4♣9♦2♥5♥7♦ runout meant Vaitiekunas doubled through Peters while Suvarna headed to the payout desk.
Stanislav Zegal and Leon Sturm were heads-up on a board of A♥K♠J♠8♥ when Sturm bet 300,000 from under the gun. Zegal then moved all in from the big blind.
Sturm had around 850,000 remaining and used four time banks as he considered the decision for several minutes. He eventually called off his last chips with A♠9♣, but Zegal turned over Q♣10♦ for the nut straight.
Sturm was already drawing dead by the 3♦ river as the defending champion scored the knockout.
A flop of 8♠6♥2♣ was spread across the felt with around 500,000 in the middle already. Alex Keating checked from the big blind and Gytis Lazauninkas also checked in middle position. Rania Nasreddine tossed in a bet of 275,000 from the hijack and Keating check-raised to 950,000. Lazauninkas stepped aside but Nasreddine quickly called.
The turn was the 5♥ and Keating used a time bank before shoving all in for roughly 5,000,000 effective. Nasreddine wasted little time before calling off her stack in what turned out to be a massive pot.
Rania Nasreddine: K♥K♣
Alex Keating: 8♥6♠
Keating flopped two pair to take the lead on Nasreddine's pocket kings. The 3♠ on the river bricked out and Nasreddine looked for a payout while Keating stacked a mound of chips.
Mate Hanusi moved all in for 750,000 in early position and Marius Gierse called in the hijack. Ermo Kosk then reraised to 2,500,000 in the small blind, forcing Gierse from the pot and leaving Kosk heads-up with a chance to bust Hanusi.
Mate Hanusi: A♣K♥
Ermo Kosk: J♦J♥
Hanusi was racing with a chance to triple up, but he missed the 10♦7♥4♥5♥6♣ board as Kosk's jacks held up to send Hanusi to the rail.
Three players brewed a pot of about 500,000 before the A♦5♥5♣ flop, and Lucas Greenwood checked from the big blind before Gytis Lazauninkas checked the cutoff, and Rania Nasreddine checked as well on the button.
The 3♠ fell on the turn and the action checked to Nasreddine as she dropped 300,000 across the line. Greenwood quickly folded, but Lazauninkas stuck around with a call.
The board completed with the 9♠ on the river, and both players tapped the table. Lazauninkas tabled A♥4♣ for aces and fives, and Nasreddine looked stunned as she stared as his hand. After a couple of seconds, she checked her cards one more time and tossed them into the muck.
